"Pelwatta"-sugar cane Plantation.
The PELWATTE sugar plantation is a popular spot for hungry elephants from nearby sanctuaries. This is where you find the Human & Elephant conflict at its heist. Human Regular night patrols, electric fences, trenches and watchmen are inadequate to beat elephant tactics. Landing a big plantation in the established home range of elephants of Yala and Handapanagala is creating constant conflict between the plantations and the tempted hungry elephants.

SCHEDULE
• After breakfast proceed Pelwatta.
• Guests will get a chance to see the steps taken by the villages to stop elephants daiding Pelwatta.
• Lunch will be provided.
• Dinner & night stay at Pelwatta. Value – luxury camping / Standard – Luxury camping / Deluxe – Super luxury camping or a bungalow.

On a ‘journey back to basics’, TREE TOPS JUNGLE LODGE offers a real jungle experience in a nature retreat with simple clay huts blending discretely into their beautiful surroundings of virgin forest, rocky hills, and abundant wildlife. The lodge is located near Buttala, in the Weliara wilderness, which is hidden between the Yala National Park and the Arahat Kanda mountains. This unique location is an ideal place to lose oneself in a completely different environment and learn about the rich history and ‘eco’-philosophy behind the whole ‘Tree Tops’ project. You can choose to relax in a hammock and admire the prolific birdlife or take a native style bath at the freshwater well, enjoy the thrill of a bullock cart trip through the wilderness to the ancient temples, visit the herds of elephants at the Weliara lake, learn about the traditional ayurvedic plant medicine using the plants in the area around the lodge or even try your hand at the native art of cooking rice and curry! With so much to see and do, it is quite possible to spend all your time in the close proximity of the lodge itself, but for those who want to venture further afield, it also provides an ideal base for exploring nearby locations of interest such as Yala National Park and various ancient Buddhist monuments.

NIGHTS IN ELEPHANT COUNTRY
Nights in the jungle are an experience of darkness and strange sounds. Most prominent of our wild visitors at Tree Tops are the wild elephants passing close by. Usually they are very silent but frequently we hear them braking branches, or trumpeting. The lucky ones will hear the ‘song of elephants’ – herds long distance communicating with sound waves like whales. This is a night phenomena; a rare experience of a traditional safari.

Elephants are always on the move and they come and go in the area around Tree Tops. Yala and bordering forests host ca. 500 elephants, making this area of Sri Lanka a most important elephant habitat with a density about one elephant per 2.5 km2.

SCHEDULE
• After breakfast proceed Buttala.
• Lunch will be provided.
• At leisure.
• Dinner & night stay at Buttala. Value – Hansika guest house or similar / Standard – At the Tree Tops Lodge / Deluxe – At the Tree Tops Jungle Lodge.

Leaving to Nuwara Eliya from Buttala.
NUWARA ELIYA has a cool sparkling climate with the temperature changing around 13degC this is an exquisite and healthy city famous for its wide range in flowers. With buildings of English architecture everywhere in the city, it is affectionately called little England. The Victoria Park in the center of Nuwara Eliya, the highest town in Sri Lanka. Yellow-eared Bulbul, Blackbird, in winter Pied Thrush and Kashmir Flycatcher are very common.

SCHEDULE
• After breakfast leaving to Nuwara Eliya from Buttala
• Lunch will be provided at a hotel or restaurant.
• At leisure in the evening.
• Dinner & night stay at Nuwara Eliya. Value – The Rock or similar / Standard – Gallway Forest Lodge or similar / Deluxe – Tea Factory Hotel or similar.

BAMBARAKANDA FALLS
Within a majestic basin-shaped valley bordered by huge steep rocks and dark green forests of pines and tropic trees the highest waterfall of Sri Lanka [ 240.8m] plunges with two silver ropes over a vertical dark grey wall from the green saddle between Mt.Welihena and Mt. Bambaragala into a deep pool only 500m walking distance from the trail.

BELIHULOYA
This is a climatically transitional area, which links the dry and wet zones at an altitude of less than 1500m. As a result, the vegetation in consists of moist semi-evergreen forests, tropical savanna forests, dry patana grasslands and montane temperate forests. The vegetation in this environment has made this location an exciting one for the serious as well as the casual nature lover. The average temperature in the area is about 28.3 degrees Celsius and the mean annual rainfall is between 1,875 and 2,500mm.

SCHEDULE
• After an early morning breakfast proceed to Horton Plains by coach for a trekking trail.
• Finishing the trail the clients will cycle from Horton Plains to Kalupahana via Statn’s Steps & Bambarakanda. (Steep Downhill and uphill 22km) This particular route has got it’s name as “Satan’s Steps” due to the steep climb and narrow sharp bends, - mainly hairpin bends.
• Kalupahana to Belihuloya (by Vehicle or Cycling slight Downhill 14km).
• Arrival at River Garden Resort in the late after noon.
• Evening at leisure.
• Dinner & night stay at Belihuloya. Value – Camping / Standard – Cottages or similar / Deluxe – Eco Lodge or similar.

KUDAWA’ ECO TEAM CAMP is located on a peninsula in the forest and surrounded by two rivers (deep enough for swimming) and just beyond a tea plantation (where you will see the traditional tea pluckers in action). Even without leaving the camp itself, so much can be seen – so let the nature come to you!

The peaceful camp is an ideal location for early morning Bird Watching before a fascinating nature trail through the forest. Forget any ideas about cramped tents and sitting on the ground for meals – this is camping in style! The camp is set up prior to your arrival, transporting in comfortable tents, a fully equipped kitchen, chairs and tables, hammocks, flushable toilets, showers and even cold beer. On your return from the afternoon nature trail, you will be welcomed with a hearty barbecue meal in a magical setting – the whole area is lit up with traditional flame torches and a roaring campfire. So sit back, relax and let our experienced staff cater to your every need.

SCHEDULE
• After breakfast in Belihuloya, the clients will proceed to Singharaja Rainforest cycling. (the guests can choos the no of Km)
• Clients will start on the forest exploration just after lunch at the camp.
• Evening rainforest exploration.
• Dinner & night stay at Singharaja. Value – Singharaja Lodge or similar / Standard – luxury camping / Deluxe – Boulder Gardens or similar.

The safari will also be an unforgettable bird watching experience as Udawalawe has a wide variety of birds. The endemic species, the Red-faced Malkoha, has its favourite habitat in this parkland. Serpent Eagles, Hawk Eagles, White-bellied Sea Eagles, Black Eagles, Black Capped Bulbuls, Racket-tailed Drongos, Malabar Pied Horn Bills, White-necked Storks, Open Bills, Ibis, Shama (the Forest Nightingale), Strol-billed Kingfishers and peacocks are found in fair numbers.

SCHEDULE
• Finishing breakfast cycling to Udwalawe National Park.
• Guests will arrive in time for lunch.
• After lunch & a Short break evening safari & bird watching at the park.
• Dinner & night stay at Udawalawe / Embilipitiya. Value – Centauria or similar / Standard – luxury camping / Deluxe – supper luxury camping.

GALLE, the largest town in the region, is full of history, and Sri Lanka's small size means that a stay in one of the beach resorts of the southwest can easily be combined with sightseeing in the hill country or the ancient cities of the Cultural Triangle. The biggest concentration of resort hotels is in the area closest to Colombo and its international airport, between Beruwela and Bentota, where several fishing villages have merged into a string of attractive low-rise resorts surrounded by boutiques, beach bars and restaurants.

SCHEDULE
• Finishing breakfast the clients will pack up & leave the park.
• On your way to the gate entrance feast your self on the elephants one last time. From the gate entrance you will travel to Galle in vehicles.
• Lunch on the way at a hotel or restaurant.
• At leisure in a hotel in Galle.
• Dinner & night stay in Galle. Value – Ahangama easy beach or similar / Standard – Closenberg Hotel or similar / Deluxe – Light House Hotel or similar.